per·e·grine (p?r??-gr?n, -gr?n?)n. A peregrine falcon.adj.1. Roving or wandering.2. Archaic Foreign; alien.[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin peregr?nus, wandering, pilgrim, from Latin, foreigner, from pereger, being abroad : per-, through; see per- + ager, land; see agro- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.peregrine (?p?r??r?n) adj1. coming from abroad2. travelling or migratory; wandering[C14: from Latin peregr?nus foreign, from pereger being abroad, from per through + ager land (that is, beyond one’s own land)]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014per?e?grine (?p?r ? gr?n, -?grin, -?gra?n) adj. 1. wandering, traveling, or migrating. 2. foreign; alien; coming from abroad. n. 3. peregrine falcon. [1350?1400; Middle English